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Operational savings from offshore wind condition monitoring systems
At the recent ‘Global Offshore Wind 2020 – route to Net Zero’ conference, Saul Matthews, our Commercial Director, presented new automated condition monitoring technologies from Synaptec which reduce maintenance and outage costs for offshore wind operators. View or...
Enabling digital substations through passive distributed sensor networks
As the drive towards a decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised energy industry continues, the industry is increasingly focused on digitalising a core element of every grid – the substation. But digitalising a substation is not without challenges. The initial high...
Two new collaborations increase Synaptec’s customer offering
Synaptec has signed two new agreements which will see increased availability of our unique passive sensor technology across both the transmission and offshore wind sectors. Lower operating costs for offshore wind with Proserv Our new collaboration with Proserv...
Why Synaptec’s Synchromerger patent is a significant advance for the industry
Recently, Synaptec was granted patent protection of an invention we’ve named Synchromerger. Both its development and the granting of the patent represent a significant advance for the power industry. What is the Synchromerger patent? The title (“Methods and apparatus...
Synaptec focuses photonic technology on Nepal’s Energy Trilemma
Synaptec’s technology is being deployed to address the trilemma of challenges of Nepal’s rapid electrification, bringing affordable, low-carbon energy security to the country. In only nine years, Nepal has increased access to electricity from 65.5% of its population...
Synaptec’s Saul Matthews talks to ORE Catapult about emerging energy tech – podcast
Innovations in energy technology are changing the landscape across the entire sector. As one of the companies at the forefront of this, we joined BladeBug and EchoBolt on ORE Catapult’s Re-Energise podcast to discuss the role of companies like us in driving change and...
Synthesis platform marks turning point for predictive maintenance in T&D and offshore Renewables
Synaptec has launched a real-time data analytics platform which reveals previously hidden indicators about networks, enabling network operators and generators to effectively predict outages and significantly reduce operations and maintenance costs. The new software...
Synaptec’s technology is installed at ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth site – Video
How is our technology installed? One of the most common questions asked of our team is about the installation of our system. Last year, we had the ideal chance to demonstrate this when we went to ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth testing facility to install our system as part...
Synaptec contributes to case for next generation monitoring tools
Synaptec has contributed to a technical paper released by the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI), which is titled “High-Resolution, Time-Synchronized Grid Monitoring Devices“. It’s available freely online at: https://www.naspi.org/node/819. This paper,...
Coronavirus update from Synaptec
The situation around Covid-19 is continually evolving and we are monitoring the situation closely. We have decided to take precautionary measures in order to minimise the risk to our staff, customers and suppliers, with minimal interruptions to our operations....
New collaboration improves grid protection for operators
Synaptec has announced a new collaboration with CONDIS SA, world leader in manufacturing high and medium voltage products, which will give network operators easier access to advanced technology around digitalisation and protection. CONDIS is a well-established world...
Synaptec invests in unique power systems analysis offering with new senior staff appointment
Synaptec has appointed Dr Steven Blair to drive the business’s power systems analytics and management offering. Dr Blair will represent the company as Head of Power Systems Technologies in a senior technical position which will see him develop a real-time and...